We have a review copy available of Paul Moloney’s The Therapy Industry. The publisher describes the book in the following way:

Across the world anxiety, stress and depression are on the increase, a trend which looks set to continue as austerity measures bite. The official response tells people that unhappiness is just a personal problem, rather than a social one.

Written by a practising psychologist, with nearly thirty years’ experience in the fields of mental health and learning disabilities, The Therapy Industry offers a concise, accessible and critical overview of the world of psychological practice in Britain and the USA. Paul Moloney argues that much therapy is geared towards compliance and acceptance of the status quo, rather than attempting to facilitate social change.

The Therapy Industry fundamentally challenges our conceptions of happiness and wellbeing. Moloney argues that therapeutic and applied psychology have little basis in science, that their benefits are highly exaggerated and they prosper because they serve the interests of power.

If you would like to write a review for this site (c1,500 – 2,000 words in length), then please email me with a short explanation of why you are well placed to review the book: william.viney [at] durham.ac.uk

The book has been snaffled up and a review is on its way – we’ll let you know when it’s ready!